Do the tutorials on Psdtuts+ go a little bit over your head sometimes? Not to worry. We’ve released a 30 day course that will help you feel comfortable and confident using all of Photoshop’s most important functions, like layers, the brush tool, blend modes, smart objects, and lots more! In one month, you’ll have well and truly learned how to use Photoshop. Do the tutorials [...]

Photoshop actions are excellent tools for speeding up your workflow. In this Tuts+ Premium tutorial, author Diego Sanchez will use Photoshop actions to create a cocktail blueprint from scratch Photoshop actions are excellent tools for speeding up your workflow. In this Tuts+ Premium tutorial, author Diego Sanchez will use Photoshop actions to create a cocktail blueprint from scratch. This tutorial [...]

I love looking at Black and White pictures…it somehow gives me a very calm feeling and intimate thoughts. I love looking at Black and White pictures…it somehow gives me a very calm feeling and intimate thoughts. However, seeing a bit of color on a Black and White picture makes it more exciting and outstanding. Thus, we see selective color photography everywhere nowadays. It usually [...]

WordPress is one of the most popular applications in the web design community not only for its ease of use as a blogging platform, but for its versatility in any kind of content managed website. Building custom themes for WordPress is pretty straight forward, making it one of the easiest templating systems to master. This post rounds up 15 of the best WordPress theme tutorials, each taking you through [...]

You probably have already seen the new Windows 8 logo by now. I did see it about a week ago, but didn’t publish an article because I thought it was a fake. You probably have already seen the new Windows 8 logo by now. I did see it about a week ago, but didn’t publish an article because I thought it was a fake. Now, it seems it’s not a fake, but part of Microsoft’s effort [...]

Whether they are used to subscribe to services, send a contact form or simply to call the user’s attention to a specific page, buttons are a very important part of websites. When well designed, they have the power to change conversion rates, bring new customers to a service or help users perform and validate specific tasks. No wonder web designers tend to put so much time and effort into creating [...]

In this Tuts+ Premium tutorial, author Stephen Petrany will demonstrate how to take pieces from multiple photos and seamlessly blend them into a “coffee cake” photo manipulation. This tutorial will also explore unique ways to work with paths and smart objects. In this Tuts+ Premium tutorial, author Stephen Petrany will demonstrate how to take pieces from multiple photos and seamlessly [...]

Follow this step by step tutorial to create a traditional pen & paper inspired contact form in HTML and CSS. We’ll use a mix of basic and intermediate CSS techinques to give the form the appearance of a letter, then use the @font-face CSS property to transform the digital text into handwriting Follow this step by step tutorial to create a traditional pen & paper inspired contact [...]

Odds are, by now you know all about Sass and its brethren (LESS, Stylus, etc.). Love them or hate them, these CSS preprocessors are making a big splash in the development community. In many ways they represent a faster, more efficient way to write CSS and if you get on board, you’ll no doubt appreciate the flexibility that they bring to your project. Odds are, by now you know all about [...]